Vietnam Cloud & Datacenter (Ho Chi Minh) Convention 2026

As hyperscalers plan their next wave of AI-driven expansion, the bar for site selection in 2026 is higher than ever. This panel dissects the real checklist global cloud giants use when evaluating new markets—multi-hundred-megawatt power availability, accelerated permitting, scalable land, competitive energy pricing, fiber redundancy, sustainability commitments, and regulatory clarity. Industry leaders will assess where Vietnam currently stands against these criteria, how it compares with regional competitors, and what gaps must be closed to secure hyperscaler investment. The discussion delivers a clear verdict: does Vietnam truly make the cut for the next generation of global-scale data center builds?

From data sovereignty and cybersecurity to green energy reporting and power usage governance, Vietnam is preparing to introduce regulations that will significantly elevate the standards for data center operators. This keynote highlights the most important upcoming mandates, enforcement mechanisms, and compliance timelines—along with the government’s expectations for hyperscalers, domestic developers, and enterprise cloud users. Operators will walk away with a clear view of what’s changing, what’s required, and what will define regulatory success in 2026.

Global investors, hyperscalers, and enterprise customers are raising the bar on sustainability—and Vietnam’s data center market is about to feel the pressure. This keynote explores how emerging ESG requirements, from carbon reporting and renewable sourcing to water efficiency and heat reuse, will influence funding decisions, site selection, and long-term operational standards in 2026. Speakers will examine what “green compliance” now looks like for data centers, how quickly expectations are shifting, and what Vietnam must adopt to remain competitive as sustainability becomes a critical determinant of investment and hyperscale partnership readiness.

Vietnam’s data center market is reaching a turning point where traditional cooling can no longer keep up with GPU-density demands—and liquid cooling is moving from “experimental” to “inevitable.” In this fireside chat, we explore the breakthroughs that are accelerating Vietnam’s shift toward immersion and direct-to-chip cooling, from cost curves and supplier readiness to power density tipping points and regulatory acceptance. We’ll examine what early adopters are learning, the operational realities behind fully submerged environments, and the milestones Vietnam must hit before immersion becomes mainstream. This is a candid, technical conversation on when— and how—Vietnam will make the leap to true liquid-first data center design.

Vietnam’s digital future depends not only on data centers and cloud platforms, but on the strength and resilience of its interconnectivity layer. This keynote takes a strategic look at Vietnam’s subsea cable ecosystem—examining landing station capacity, route diversity, redundancy, fault tolerance, and regional peering—and how these factors influence hyperscaler confidence and national digital resilience. Government, telecom, and infrastructure leaders will discuss how subsea evaluation, coordinated planning, and policy alignment can reduce outage risk, support AI-scale traffic growth, and position Vietnam as a trusted regional connectivity hub. The session highlights the decisions that must be made today to ensure Vietnam remains connected, competitive, and resilient tomorrow.

Global investors, hyperscalers, and enterprise customers are raising the bar on sustainability—and Vietnam’s data center market is about to feel the pressure. This panel explores how emerging ESG requirements, from carbon reporting and renewable sourcing to water efficiency and heat reuse, will influence funding decisions, site selection, and long-term operational standards in 2026. Speakers will examine what “green compliance” now looks like for data centers, how quickly expectations are shifting, and what Vietnam must adopt to remain competitive as sustainability becomes a critical determinant of investment and hyperscale partnership readiness.

Zero Trust is no longer a security framework—it’s the survival standard for cloud-first enterprises operating in an era of AI-driven threats, sprawling multi-cloud architectures, and relentless regulatory scrutiny. This keynote breaks down how Vietnam’s leading organizations are rethinking identity, access, network segmentation, and workload protection to secure rapidly expanding digital ecosystems. Attendees will hear the latest attacker playbooks, the controls that actually stop breaches, and the practical steps to move from legacy perimeter models to continuous verification. In 2026, it’s simple: adopt Zero Trust, or accept Zero Chance.

As AI accelerates both innovation and attack capabilities, enterprises can no longer rely on reactive security. This panel explores how Vietnam’s leading organizations are adopting resilience by design—architectures that assume breach, isolate blast radii, and recover instantly under pressure. Experts will dissect the rise of AI-powered phishing, automated lateral movement, and deepfake-driven fraud, and reveal the controls that actually make a difference: AI-native detection, autonomous response, immutable backups, and cyber-resilient cloud architectures. Attendees will walk away with a clear playbook for building systems that withstand the next generation of AI-driven cyber threats—not by luck, but by design.

As AI systems move rapidly into mission-critical decision-making, the absence of clear guardrails is becoming one of the biggest risks facing enterprises and governments alike. This session examines how organizations are addressing AI safety, governance, and responsibility in an era of accelerating model complexity, opaque decision logic, and tightening regulatory scrutiny. Speakers will explore emerging governance frameworks, accountability models, data integrity controls, and infrastructure-level safeguards required to deploy AI responsibly at scale. The discussion will also connect global best practices with Vietnam’s regulatory direction—answering a pressing question for 2026: can innovation move fast without breaking trust?

AI is moving beyond experimentation and pilots into full-scale deployment across Vietnam’s leading industries. This track focuses on how enterprises in banking, manufacturing, retail, telecom, logistics, and the public sector are operationalizing AI—redesigning infrastructure, data pipelines, governance models, and talent strategies to turn intelligence into measurable business impact. Sessions will explore real-world AI use cases, lessons from scaling GPU workloads, hybrid and edge AI architectures, cost-performance trade-offs, and the operational realities of running AI at scale in Vietnam’s regulatory and infrastructure environment.

Vietnam’s rapid shift toward high-density, GPU-accelerated data centers has created a talent gap that is widening faster than the industry can respond. In this closing panel, leaders from cloud, colocation, and enterprise IT unpack the critical shortages across electrical engineering, advanced cooling operations, AI workload management, automation, and cybersecurity—and what must happen now to build a future-ready workforce. We examine why traditional skillsets no longer match AI-era requirements, how operators can re-train and retain technical teams, and what partnerships between government, universities, and industry are essential to avoid a talent bottleneck that could stall Vietnam’s digital ambitions. The message is clear: without the right people, Vietnam cannot power the next generation of AI infrastructure.

As Vietnam enters a critical growth window, the next five years will determine whether its data center market can move from early momentum to true AI-scale execution. This closing panel brings together policymakers, hyperscalers, data center operators, investors, and enterprise leaders to debate Vietnam’s outlook from 2026 to 2030—covering capacity expansion, AI-driven power density, hyperscale campus development, and geographic diversification beyond Tier-1 cities. Panelists will openly assess the constraints that could slow growth, including grid readiness, renewable integration, subsea resilience, talent availability, and regulatory alignment, while identifying the conditions required to unlock sustained investment. The session closes VNCDC 2026 with a realistic, multi-stakeholder view of whether Vietnam can compete at regional AI scale—or where it must move faster to stay in the game.